Please note this Webinar will now be finishing at 11.15am
With increasing numbers of students saying they had experienced poor mental health in their final year of study it is in the interests of employers to create ‘mentally healthy’ recruitment processes that enable these bright, ambitious and hardworking students to demonstrate their potential and gain the employment they seek.
However, what does ‘mentally healthy’ recruitment actually mean and what does it look like in practice?
During this webinar, delegates will be provided with insights into the 8 ‘mentally healthy recruitment standards for early careers’ that were developed by the City Mental Health Alliance, and what these mean for your recruitment process.
There will then be the opportunity to hear from employers who have made progress in this space. In addition to hearing about the changes to their processes that have been effective, our speakers will also share how they went about it and what was critical to their success.
In addition, there will be the opportunity to hear from a student about their experiences of managing their mental health during the recruitment process and what they look for from an employer in terms of demonstrating genuine support for the wellbeing of their employees.
During this webinar, delegates will have the opportunity to:
Understand more about what ‘mentally healthy’ recruitment means
Gain insights into the 8 ‘mentally healthy recruitment standards for early careers’
Learn what employers are doing to ensure they support applicants during the recruitment process
Hear from individuals who have first-hand experience of managing their poor mental health during the recruitment process
This webinar will be delivered by Helen Cooke, CEO of MyPlus. The webinar will be delivered in an interactive style and will provide the delegates with plenty of opportunity to ask questions and participate in discussions. The format will also enable delegates to learn from other working in this challenging space.
Speakers:
Farimah darbyshire
Farimah leads on the City Mental Health Alliance’s Early Careers Mental Health Programme. The CMHA is a membership organisation, which brings together businesses, mental health experts and partner organisations to achieve the vision that every workplace will support and create positive mental health for their people. Farimah’s focus is on working with businesses to help them to support the positive mental health of their young people as they make that often stressful transition from education into the workplace. She works with businesses, mental health experts and people with lived experience to develop guidance, seminars and training to help businesses support young people during recruitment, induction and the first few years of their career. Most recently, she has worked with organisations such as Goldman Sachs, KPMG, PwC, Slaughter and May and the Bank of England to develop the first of its kind Guide To Mentally Healthy Recruitment in Early Careers.
Ashley Hever
As Talent Acquisition Director, Ashley oversees Talent Acquisition for all UK and Ireland operations.at Enterprise Rent-A-Car. After graduating from The University of Hull in Criminology, he joined Enterprise Rent-A-Car as a management trainee in 2001. He has over 19 years of experience with the company and has held a variety of roles in operations, management and human resources.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is a top employer of graduates in the UK and recruits from over 100 universities nationwide. The company has been nationally recognised for work done on university campuses in the area of employability and social mobility. The company has received the Social Mobility Award from TargetJobs in 2015 and 2016 and the Graduate Employer of the Year in 2016. As a result, Enterprise promotes 99% from within this graduate pool and has been noted for work in development of talent. In 2017 and 2018, the company was a top 10 Employer for Social Mobility Employer Index in the UK.
Enterprise has been recognised by The Times as a Top 50 Employer for Women each year since the award’s inception in 2005. Ashley sponsors and chairs the Enterprise LGBT+ network Enterpride. Ashley was the first in his family to go to University, and the first LGBT+ Director at Enterprise.
Ashley is regularly asked to speak on various graduate and diversity related topics, including the LinkedIn talent connect conference.
Ashley is originally from Leicester and has been a season ticket holder at Leicester City for over 30 years, and today, he lives outside London, in Surrey with his husband Adam, and their dog. He was a part of the AGR advisory council, chair of the Kingston University employability board, and is a Resourcing Leaders 100 member.
Ben Lawson
Ben is currently an undergraduate at the University of Warwick studying Politics, Philosophy and Law. He is also a member of the university's American football team, the Warwick Wolves.
Ben has suffered with mental ill health for a number of years. Whilst at his secondary school, he began working towards eliminating the stigma surrounding mental health in young people through sharing his experiences and giving others the opportunity to share theirs.
Ben now works closely with a coach at his American football team to increase awareness surrounding mental health in sport and eliminating the stereotypes that surround sports such as American football. He also does talks and events on different aspects of mental health, both to increase awareness, and to educate people further.
Siri Nomme
Siri is Head of Talent and Diversity, EMEA, at Norton Rose Fulbright. In this role, Siri leads initiatives to attract, select and retain a diversity of talented individuals and to promote their inclusion and career advancement at the firm.
Mental health is one of the firm’s focus areas which the Diversity & Inclusion and Health & Wellbeing teams work on together. Key initiatives include: signatory of MIND Time to Change; Mental Health First Aid officer programme; mental health employee network; annual calendar of mental health events; training for partners and senior managers; disability adjustments passport; on-site counsellor.
Mark Russell
Mark is a manager in the Inclusion, Diversity & Social Equality (IDSE) team at KPMG, The team work collaboratively across the organisation to ensure that Inclusion, Diversity and Social Equality is embedded throughout all processes and systems that impact the employee life cycle.
Mark has been part of the team for 4 years and has led on firm-wide initiatives and activity on disability and mental health including thought leadership benchmarks, advocacy, events and campaigns. He has worked across all areas of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and brings his passion and desire for fairness, accessibility and inclusion to everything he does.
Camilla Woodhead
As Head of Student Recruitment at KPMG, Camilla leads recruitment into all Student Programmes for the UK firm across over 1,500 Graduate, Apprenticeship and Work Experience roles that attract over 35,000 applications each year.
KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of firms, with 16,000 people based in the UK. Their work includes auditing many of the UK's largest companies. And working with clients in Consulting, Deal Advisory, Tax & Law and Technology & Engineering to help them solve some of their most complex business problems.
KPMG, recognise that they need Inclusion, Diversity and Social Equality to be successful. They want to attract, retain and develop diverse talent at all levels. This means recruiting from the widest possible pool of talent, removing barriers that can prevent their people from reaching their full potential, and fostering a fully inclusive environment which maximises collaboration and empowers everyone at KPMG to bring their whole selves to work. KPMG are proud to be a Times Top 100 Employer, have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for Women for the 10th consecutive year, and have a top-3 ranking for the fourth consecutive year in the Social Mobility Employer’s Index.
Camilla has worked in Student Recruitment for over 10 years, and has a keen interest in increasing the inclusion, diversity and social equality of student programmes and access to the profession. At KPMG, this has included the development of KPMG’s Black Heritage Talent Insight programme, Employability Awards and Graduate selection process.
The webinar will be recorded and the recording will be available free to all Recruiters' Club and Universities' Club members to access and share within their organisations for 1 month following the live event. For details of how to access the recording email lise@myplusconsulting.com
MyPlus Webinars, like the workshops, are practical training sessions designed to up-skill those working in the disability space. With the convenience of being able to participate from where-ever you are based, the aim is also to enable a wider audience to benefit from the expertise and resources of your MyPlus Recruiters’ Club membership. Suitable as an introduction or a refresher, they are appropriate for anyone interested in the area of disability and are open to non-members to book.
MyPlus Recruiters’ Club members are entitled to 4 complimentary places. Additional complimentary places may be available to Platinum and Gold members depending on capacity, with priority being given to Platinum members. Additional places may be purchased by Silver members at a reduced price of £50 +VAT
MyPlus Universities’ Club members are entitled to 2 complimentary places at any 2 Recruiters’ club events. Additional places may be purchased at a reduced rate of £50 + VAT
Non-members may purchase places at a price of £95 + VAT. Contact lise@myplusconsulting.com to purchase places.
MyPlus run a variety of these types of events for employers. For details of the different types visit our events page. For details of forthcoming Recruiters’ Club events taking place visit our events calendar page.
